Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox
October 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1987 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 6 1 1 0
Yount cf 5 0 1 0
Surhoff c 5 0 3 1
Brock 1b 6 0 0 0
Braggs dh 4 0 0 0
Riles 3b 5 1 2 0
Felder lf 4 0 2 0
Manning rf 5 0 0 0
Sveum ss 5 0 2 1
Higuera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 11 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burks cf 4 1 0 0
Barrett 2b 5 0 2 0
Horn dh 4 0 0 1
  Romine pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Evans 1b 5 0 0 0
Benzinger rf 3 1 1 0
Greenwell lf 5 0 1 0
Romero 3b 4 0 1 1
Owen ss 5 1 1 1
Sheaffer c 3 0 0 0
  Marzano ph,c 1 0 0 0
Sellers p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 6 3
Milwaukee 001 000 001 0002110
Boston 010 000 010 001360
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Higuera  L (18-10) 11.1 6 3 3 3 10
Totals
11.1
6
3
3
3
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sellers   11.0 11 2 2 2 9
  Gardner  W (3-6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
11
2
2
3
9

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Milwaukee Sveum (25,off Sellers), Boston Barrett (23,off Higuera).  HR–Boston Owen (2,12th inning off Higuera 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Felder (9,off Sellers).  SF–Romero (2,off Higuera).  IBB–Benzinger (3,by Higuera).  SB–Felder (34,2nd base off Sellers/Sheaffer); Benzinger (5,2nd base off Higuera/Surhoff).  IBB–Higuera (2,Benzinger).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:21.  A–20,077.
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